State v. Esposito

Opinion

In this criminal appeal from his conviction of sexual assault in the third degree, the defendant, Arthur Esposito, claims that (1) the evidence was insuf*190ficient for the jury to have found him guilty and (2) the trial court’s instructions to the jury relieved the state of its burden of proving beyond a reasonable doubt an essential element of the offense. We affirm the judgment of the trial court.1

The jury reasonably could have found the following relevant facts. At approximately 4 a.m. on November 11, 2000, as the female victim was walking home, she encountered the defendant, whom she…